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[San Antonio Gal]

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@LdyBugz wrote:

@San Antonio Gal. Glad you posted about the olives.  I love olives and just ordered some.  Found a better deal on Amazon though.  24 packs for $32.

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Hope you enjoy them @LdyBugz .  Thanks for letting me know about the Amazon deal! 

[nrm]

Peanut butter on Graham crackers as a child and now,as well. 

[AngelPuppy1]

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@occasionalrain wrote:

Thinking about my childhood and what at the time I assumed was common, like bedtime snacks, has me wondering.

I still have ice cream before I go to bed, do you have a bedtime snack? 

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@occasionalrain 

I don't remember us having bedtime snacks per se as kids.  We mostly ate 3 meals a day and we did snack at times during the day but there wasn't a dedicated bedtime snack that I recall. 

I have been eating snacks lately after dinner and have gained some unwanted weight!  Also, this seems to bother my digestion, which I have problems with any way.  I am just now trying to address this and it will be hard as I love my snacks!  

Is there a particular reason that ice cream before bed seems to be soothing for yu?  I mean, who doesn't love ice cream?  I love it and could eat it every day, that's for sure!  

[AngelPuppy1]

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@San Antonio Gal wrote:

I eat one good meal a day (dinner) and no snacking at all.   Works for me.

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@San Antonio Gal 

Don't you get hungry?  I have gained quite a few lbs. and am trying (so far without success) to lose the weight I have gained.  I eat a decent -- not huge - breakfast.  Then I eat nothing else until dinner.  I try not to eat after dinner but I have lately been snacking after dinner and I know this is not good!  Ugh -- I just don't seem to have the willpower I used to!  When I worked, I was very regimented and did not over eat at all.  I was a size 2-4 and now I am about a 10-12.  Not happy.  What is your secret??? 

[AngelPuppy1]

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@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:

No, I don't.  Bedtime snacks are a sure fire way to raise blood sugar and cortisol levels, leading to hormone disruptions, metabolism issues, poor sleep, weight gain, diabetes.

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@JeanLouiseFinch 

Will you be my coach???  LOL!  I know all of these things that you wrote, but I still have been eating before bed lately!  And yes, I have gained weight, and yes, I have been feeling lousy!  I woke up today and said --- I have to do better and I am going to try!  Thanks for reading!  

[occasionalrain]

I have a theory, dieting simulates famine so one's  metabolism uses as few calories as possible to keep one alive.

Then when going off the diet or binging, one's body stores fat to survive the next famine.

Similar to income, when less income people try to spend less and if income increases those who had to get by on less, save to prepare for a future job loss.

[shoptilyadropagain]

I never grew up having a bedtime snack and don't do that now.  I try not to eat anything after dinner but, if I do, it's around 7:00 or 7:30 p.m. and I try to eat something that's not high in carbs (Cheese, a few nuts or even a few peanut M&Ms etc.).

[LavernLuvsShoes]

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@Roscoe the Rascal wrote:

... I brush my teeth right after supper and helps me not to eat because I don't want to have to brush again.

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Ditto! - I almost always have something "sweet" after dinner, but then, I floss and brush my teeth immediately afterwards.

Also, not eating or drinking anything after 8 PM keeps me from having to get up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night. 

[qvcaddition]

@lynnie61 

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@lynnie61 wrote:

I sometimes eat a banana, and a small 1/2 cup of skim milk.  Depends how early/late my dinner was.  Not every night.  Once in a while, a few graham crackers or 3 Biscoff cookies.  

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Don't start me on Biscotti cookies. I cannot buy the Big jar at Costco. They are addicting. My aunt made them every year at holidays and so good. Being Italian loved them.  

I will have yogurt sugar free with cut up apple, a banana and almonds and top with whip cream if I did not have a big dinner.  My dinners are usually small around 3 or 4pm.

[tototwo]

Sometimes a "Carb Smart" bar.  No sugar, no calories, no flavor.  But I can dream.....